Vegetable American Chopsuey

One of my favourite chinese dish without which my chinese meal is incomplete. Sweet tangy delicious Vegetable American Chopsuey!

Ingredients:

•  Oil - 2 Tablespoons

•  Garlic Cloves - 5 nos.

•  Cabbage -2 Cups

•  Green Capsicum - 1 Cup

•  Carrots - 1 Cup

•  Onions - 1 Cup

•  Noodles - 1 Pack

•  Tomato Ketchup - 2 Cups

•  Red Chilly Sauce - 2 Tablespoons

• Vinegar- 3 Tablespoons

• Cornflour - 2 cups

• Salt if required

• Sugar - 2 Tablespoons

• Spring Onions Finely Chopped

• Water - 3 Cups

Method:

• Noodles:  Boil the noodles in water for about 15 minutes and then drain out the water.

• Drizzle little oil over them so that the noodles don't stick to each other.

• Heat oil in pan and fry the noodles till they are brown in colour.

• Keep them aside to cool.

• Sauce: Heat oil in a wok and add finely chopped garlic, onions, capsicum, carrots and cabbage and saute these vegetables.(Cut all the vegetables in julienne). 

• Stir-fry the vegetables on a high flame for about a minute. 

• Then add tomato ketchup, red chilly sauce and vinegar and mix well. 

• Add 3 cups of water and bring the mixture to a boil. 

• When the above mixture starts boiling add cornflour slurry and mix well.

• (To make cornflour slurry, mix equal amount of water with cornflour and mix well so that no lumps are formed). 

• Add sugar and salt as per taste. Add chopped spring onions. 

• Bring the sauce to boil and keep whisking the ingredients to avoid lumps. 

• Boil the sauce until it becomes thick.

Plating: In a serving bowl add the fried noodles and pour the above sauce over them. Garnish the chopsuey with spring onions and serve hot.

Enjoy this delicious dish with your favourite fried rice or noodles.